Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Job at Valley Children's Healthcare (Fresno)

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Valley Children's Healthcare

Location:
United States , Fresno

Category:
Nursing

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

71.40 - 113.75 USD / Hour

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Job Description:

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Valley Children’s Hospital is Central California’s only Regional Level IV NICU - the highest level of medical care available for premature and critically ill newborns. With a focus on family-centered care, our patients have access to a full range of pediatric and surgical specialists that treat potentially life-threatening illnesses due to extreme prematurity, congenital defects, injury, chronic illnesses and more. Our NICU patient ratios are 1:1 or 2:1 in the ICU and 1:3 in Intermediate Care. Collectively, our NICUs provide specialized care for more than 1,400 fragile babies and nearly 25,000 patient days a year. Our team supports a network of NICUs throughout Central California, providing services for Madera County, Merced County, Fresno County, Kings County and Tulare County.

Job Responsibility:

Functions in the roles of expert practitioner, consultant, educator, patient advocate, care coordinator and researcher within a specialized area of practice
Provision of patient care is conducted and performed utilizing the medical model under the supervision of the CCS paneled Neonatologist and functions in accordance to standardized procedures within the scope of licensure and in accordance with applicable law, regulations, and in accordance with policies of Valley Children's Healthcare.

Requirements:

Masters Degree Nursing (required)
Program Graduate of a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner program (required)
BLS - Basic Life Support within 30 days of hire or transfer into position (required)
RN - Reg Nurse (required)
NP - Nurse Practitioner (required)
NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Program (required)
NP-C - Nurse Practitioner Natl Certification National certification from an accredited certifying board. within six (6) months of hire or transfer into position (required) Or NCC - Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse (required)
Minimum three (3) years Related experience (required)
Minimum five (5) years Increasingly responsible experience which demonstrates professional working knowledge of nursing theory and practice, with competence in physical assessment, differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, pharmacology and management of acute and chronic pediatric problems. (preferred)
Bilingual Skills Preferred
Must successfully complete the credentialing process through the Medical Staff office via CIDP for the appropriate scope of practice, written standardized protocols, and furnishing privileges.

Nice to have:

Bilingual Skills Preferred
Minimum five (5) years Increasingly responsible experience which demonstrates professional working knowledge of nursing theory and practice, with competence in physical assessment, differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, pharmacology and management of acute and chronic pediatric problems.

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 06, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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